Full Description
Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based educational activities for instructors seeking to introduce or enhance aging content in their courses. Underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of aging studies, the book encompasses teaching strategies for instructors in such disciplines as counseling, family studies, gerontology, geriatrics, medicine, psychology, public administration, public health, nursing, social work, sociology, speech pathology, and others.
This peer-reviewed collection of hands-on activities is designed by noted educators in aging and incorporates Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) competencies. It offers clear, step-by-step procedures for implementing each activity, including preparation, introduction, the activity itself, discussion/reflection, wrap-up or follow-up if appropriate, and assessment. The book also addresses learning outcomes and includes recommendations for number of participants, settings, materials, and time required. Encompassing key, impactful issues affecting older individuals, the text examines ageism and aging in the media, dementia, demography, health care, housing, physical aging, policy and politics of aging, positive interactions with older adults, and spirituality. In addition to the book's value to students, its activities are also beneficial to professionals instructing or participating in staff trainings, in-services, and continuing education.
Key Features:
Contains 32 experiential learning activities for students in a great variety of aging-related disciplines
Designed for activities in the classroom, in the community, online, and take-home
Provides clear, step-by-step procedures for each activity from implementation through assessment
Addresses student learning outcomes and includes a glossary
Incorporates AGHE competencies
Provides worksheets and forms to be downloaded for printing or electronic completion
Contents
CONTENTS
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Teaching Courses on Aging: Experiential Learning Activities to Engage Students
Rona J. Karasik, Tina M. Kruger, and Hallie E. Baker
Getting the Most Out of Experiential Learning Activities
Why a Collection of Aging Activities?
Getting the Most Out of This Collection
2. Ageism and Aging in the Media
Tina M. Kruger
Activity 2.1 Aging as Portrayed in Children's Picture Books
Pamela Pitman Brown
Activity 2.2 Aging in the Movies
April Temple
Activity 2.3 Images: Intervention Program to Prevent Ageism in Children and Adolescents
Sibila Marques, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Ricardo Borges Rodrigues, Joana Mendonça, Filomena Gerardo, and Filipa Cunha
Activity 2.4 Examining the Social Clock Through YouTube
Rachel Filinson
3. Dementia
Rona J. Karasik
Activity 3.1 Dementia Communication and Empathy
Rona J. Karasik
Activity 3.2 Enhancing Students' Therapeutic Interaction Skills With Older Adults With Dementia
Minetta Wallingford and Lisa Knecht-Sabres
4. Demography
Hallie E. Baker
Activity 4.1 Applying the Demography of Aging to Countries Around the World
Hallie E. Baker
Activity 4.2 Hometown Age Demographics
Joann M. Montepare and Kimberly S. Farah
5. Health Care
Hallie E. Baker
Activity 5.1 An Evidence-Based Team Approach: Benefits of a Gerontological Interdisciplinary Team
Colleen Steinhauser and Cheryl Bouckaert
Activity 5.2 Bingocize®: An Intergenerational Service-Learning Initiative to Improve Older Adults' Functional Fitness
K. Jason Crandall
Activity 5.3 Medical Students' Community Engagement
Jennifer Mendez, Sasha Stine, and Preeya Prakash
Activity 5.4 What Would You Do? Getting Resources for Your Older Adult Activity
Hallie E. Baker
6. Housing
Rona J. Karasik
Activity 6.1 Find a Nursing Home
Carrie Andreoletti
Activity 6.2 Field Trips to Senior Facilities
Sharon A. DeVaney
Activity 6.3 Household Disaster Planning Kits
Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock and Eleanor Krassen Covan
Activity 6.4 Long-Term Care Residence Disaster Planning
Eleanor Krassen Covan and Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock
Activity 6.5 Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy to the Exploration of Senior Housing
Kyoko Kishimoto and Rona J. Karasik
7. Physical Aging
Rona J. Karasik and Tina M. Kruger
Activity 7.1 How It Feels to Be Old
Hallie E. Baker
Activity 7.2 Hands-On Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Phyllis A. Greenberg
Activity 7.3 Hearing Aids and Pizza
Elaine M. Shuey and Susan Dillmuth-Miller
Activity 7.4 Thinking Critically About Autonomy and Dependency in Aging
Russell J. Woodruff
8. Public Policy and Aging
Phyllis A. Greenberg
Activity 8.1 Examining Organizations That Benefit Older Adults in the Local Community
Heather R. Rodriguez
Activity 8.2 Letter to a Legislator: Civic Engagement for Gerontology Students
April Temple
Activity 8.3 What Will Your Future Look Like? Financing Retirement Exercise
Hallie E. Baker and Pamela Pitman Brown
9. Positive Interactions With Older Adults
Mary C. Ehlman
Activity 9.1 Intergenerational Speed Greeting
Carrie Andreoletti and Joann M. Montepare
Activity 9.2 Life History Interview Project
Monika Ardelt
Activity 9.3 Service Learning Fair (SLF) in Gerontology
Maria Claver, Casey Goeller, and Elena Ionescu
Activity 9.4 Site Visits as a Requirement for an Introductory Gerontology Course: Social and Demographic Implications of Aging
Nina M. Silverstein
10. Research Projects and Papers
Pamela Pitman Brown
Activity 10.1 Diversity of the Aging Experience: An Examination of Scholarly Research on Older Adults From the Past 5 Years
Heather R. Rodriguez
Activity 10.2 Final for Biology of Human Aging Course
Jacquelyn Browne
11. Spirituality
Kelly Niles-Yokum
Activity 11.1 Spiritual Assessment
Connie Beran
Activity 11.2 Exploring Cultural Death Practices Through Group Presentations
Maria Claver and Casey Goeller
Glossary
Index
